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Bothrops asper

This snake gave me the willies as she arrived, jumping, trying biting - she got quite an attitude.today, she is calm and relaxed.

Robert Meidinger is the Breeder, and we will make another importation of Roberts beautiful animals from Costa Rica.i have a big interest in Bothrops sensu lato, lets see, what else is coming up in the future!

our Bothrops asper

anybody else keep some? how about breeding, anyone´s successful so far? just tell us about it...

cheersMario

_________________Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast

Well Mario, wait until the snakes become big. Your bothrops will get their fighting talent back. As young ones they are normaly calm.My neighbour has some of this guys from Columbia in big (about 1,70m) and when you open the cage it´s better to be real ready.Never seen anything like, when these guys getting angry.

_________________Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast

_________________Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast

I don't know about taipans, but I do know that there is a huge difference in temperament between WC and CB specimens. Unfortunately herpers seem to emphasize the WC characters.

My experience with this species (adults and juvenile CB specimens) is quite different. They are inquisative, alert, keen on food, a bit defensive but I do not find them to be as bad as you might think, looking at their reputation..

Hello everyone, just arrived to this neat forum.Since you have nice topics about Bothrops, here's couple of mine, the alternatus of course not really related to the asper-topic....Gotta few South- and Central American species in my collection.What can I say?Magnificent vipers.Sorry about fuzzy quality of the photos btw.

They are not all that bad - provided you don't treat them like rattlesnakes without rattles, but like taipans with inch-long fangs and infrared targetting devices.

Great analogy for the genus Wolfgang. I have no field experience with them but I know any of the captives that I have worked with have been real demons. Definately not "rattlesnakes without rattles". I have recently had the chance to work with some yearling barnetti that I think sprang direct from Medusa's hair!

But scary, I had the luck to find some in the wild when I was in Costa Rica, they are so damn good camouflaged, you almost step on them (160cm B. asper) , first thing you say "oh my god holy sh**", but I was surprised how calm they were.

But scary, I had the luck to find some in the wild when I was in Costa Rica, they are so damn good camouflaged, you almost step on them (160cm B. asper) , first thing you say "oh my god holy sh**", but I was surprised how calm they were.

If they are coiled up and resting during the day, then they are best regarded as timebombs with a 10 second fuse: they will remain immobile (and invisible) until the fuse is lit - I have been in a group of half a dozen people scrambling along and taking flash photos of a large specimen, and it never moved. If you can hook them into a bag or trash can in one smooth move, it's no drama at all. If you fumble, drop them, they get entangled with vegetation while you hook them or you dither too much, then you get fireworks. They are certainly not unmanageable, but if you don't know what you are doing, you could be in for a shock.

Bothrops asper are incredible animals. Dean Ripa has one that is preserved that, if I remember right, is 8'2" long. An absolute monster! I can't imagine what that would've been like to deal with. I'll just stick to my cobras and mambas! -Jamie

Bothrops asper are incredible animals. Dean Ripa has one that is preserved that, if I remember right, is 8'2" long. An absolute monster! I can't imagine what that would've been like to deal with. I'll just stick to my cobras and mambas! -Jamie

I know what you mean... I have very little experience of mambas. However, I actually did most of my learning on venomous snakes with cobras, and started working with Bothrops some years after that. While I would definitely not recommend cobras as "starter venomous", I can say with absolute certainty that if I had made some of my early goof-ups with Bothrops rather than cobras, we would be having this conversation via an ouija board. As it is, I just have a guardian angel with high blood pressure and post-traumatic stress disorder

The timebomb-description is incredibly accurate.Asper can be lifted with a pair of hooks at ease, however if the snake decides to go to a completetely different direction than supposed, you get action.First it makes a swift turn towards you or to the ground.Obviously you try to prevent that and continue to move the snake to the bucket.Even a slight distraction will cause the snake to launch to "x"-direction with truly incredible speed, and coiling right back at you when you regain the control with a hook, biting continuesly on the air.Then it launches off again to the same unknown direction and so on...

One of these (B.Asper) has a prepared cage in my snakeroom. I hope he'll be tamable but I like snakes with caracter too. I can get an answer end of January when I'll pick him up. In my opinion this snake if pissed of is extremely dangerous. Probably one of ten most dangerous snake species. Wouldn't want to step on it in the wild.